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Re: question on Bohr model

I have a vague memory from QM back in the dark ages that the answer
*is* luck. Seems like I recall seeing a demonstration that a
Coulomb-type potential is the only one which gives the same results
from both semiclassical and quantum treatments. This was also the
reason why Rutherford scattering worked out. I can't recall a
reference though.

I too was hoping for something other than "luck"! Okay, I will send
the question to AJP, maybe with printouts of some of these messages as
background information!

Martha
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